{"id":3110,"date":"2021-11-24T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcn.pt\/?page_id=3110"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:25:05","slug":"the-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edcn.pt\/en\/the-school\/","title":{"rendered":"The School"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The School<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/header>
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Brief history<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/header>
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\nThe National Conservatory of Lisbon is located in a 19th century building in the historical centre of Lisbon functioning as such since 1839. Though the discipline of dance was part of the educational program, integrated and related to other artistic disciplines, the current structure of the dance school was implemented in 1987. The school is fully state-funded and integrates the dance training program with academic middle and secondary school education.<\/p>\n

Throughout the second half of the 20th century the importance of Dance in our cultural scene developed immensely culminating with the appearance of the Gulbenkian Ballet and the National Ballet Company. Many of the dancers and choreographers involved in this movement also took part in the development of this school.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\nSince then Portuguese dancers and choreographers have achieved an important reputation in many international Ballet and Contemporary dance companies and this of course has repercussions in the success of our school and its students. We are proud to have dancers who graduated from our school and are now dancing in companies or working with renowned choreographers both in Portugal and abroad.<\/p>\n

In accordance with this perspective, the school has a dance training program which is based strongly on classical ballet technique, along with the modern dance training based on Graham technique and more recently, we have started to introduce other Contemporary techniques related to the American Post-Modern movement.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Dance Teachers<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/header>
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Find out more about our teachers<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Departments<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/header>
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Dance Department<\/div>
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View Teachers<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Liliana Mendon\u00e7a | Coordinator<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Carlos Pinillos<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Caroline Chapman<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Catarina Moreira<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Constan\u00e7a Couto<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Elsa Almeida<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Etelvina Torres<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Gabriel Marius Fratian<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Gabriela Cogumbreiro<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Hiroko Nishikawa<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
In\u00eas Costa<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Jo\u00e3o Lara <\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Kenji Matsuyama Ribeiro<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Lu\u00edsa Vendrell<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Rute Lopes<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Sandra Correia <\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Sandra Resende <\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Sofia Santiago <\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Pianists and Accompanists Department<\/div>
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Isabel Romero | Coordinator<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Alexandre Quintas <\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Ana Paula Tavares<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Andr\u00e9 Costa<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Delma Nicolace<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Diogo Vida <\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Eleni Stavrianou<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Fernando Cipriano<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Jo\u00e3o Soares<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Jos\u00e9 Manuel Tavares<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Manuela Fonseca<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Mercedes Cabanach<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Nuno Feist<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Paulo Santo<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Rog\u00e9rio Pires<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Teodora Mendes<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Complementary Subjects Department<\/div>
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Cristina Cabrita | Coordinator<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Daniela Lima<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Jo\u00e3o Paulo Moita<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Manuela Fonseca<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Marcos Pinheiro<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Marlene Soares<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Tatiana Guedes<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Teresa Santos<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Languages and Humanities Department<\/div>
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View Teachers <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Maria Jos\u00e9 Chousal | Coordinator<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Adelina Oliveira<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Catarina Letria<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Catarina Pires<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Cristina Duarte<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
In\u00eas Pratas<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Maria Eug\u00e9nia Figueiredo <\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Maria de F\u00e1tima Coquim<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Maria Manuela Fraga<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Miguel Jorge<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Paulo Ferreira<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Pedro Mateus<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Rafaela Roncon<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Teresa Vasconcelos<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Mathematics and Science Department<\/div>
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Alfredo Sousa | Coordinator<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Ana Moreira<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Ana Parreira<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Elsa Robalo<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Isabel Branco<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Rosa Espada <\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
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Facilities<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/header>
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\"C-Bar-1\"<\/div>
\"C-Est-7\"<\/div>
\"C-Bibliot\"<\/div>
\"C-entrada\"<\/div>
\"C-Est-3\"<\/div>
\"C-Est-3-Principal\"<\/div>
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\"C-Secretaria\"<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Services<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/header>
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Osteopathy Office<\/div>
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Jo\u00e3o Paulo Moita<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Psychology Office<\/div>
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Carla Ramalho<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
F\u00e1tima Banha<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Production<\/div>
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Jo\u00e3o Mota | Communication<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header>
Tatiana Guedes | Production<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/header><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
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